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0323kane2.MP -- News-Sentinel photo by Michael Patrick. WWF wrestler Kane, aka Glenn Jacobs, hands out autographs at the South Community Center Friday morning. Second of two photos with Morrow story about the upcoming WWF event in 2003. Michael Patrick/News Sentinel

WWF wrestler Kane, aka Glenn Jacobs, shakes hands with kids after giving a fistful of tickets to Vice Mayor Jack Sharp (left). Jacobs was at the South Community Center where the city proclaimed April 16 WWF Day in Knoxville. The tickets are for kids from the center to attend the WWF event in 2003. Michael Patrick/News Sentinel

Glenn Jacobs, left, also known as WWE wrestler "Kane" poses with student Dale Campbell during a surprise visit Thursday, May 1, 2014. The students have been using wrestlers like "Kane" to model expanded form math. News Sentinel

Colleen Howell's (center) kindergarten class gets a surprise visit from Glenn Jacobs, right, also known as WWE wrestler "Kane" visits the classroom, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The Maynard School students have been using wrestlers like "Kane" to model expanded form math. News Sentinel

Colleen Howell, center, explains a math lesson to surprise visitor Glenn Jacobs, left, also known as WWE wrestler "Kane" Thursday, May 1, 2014. The Maynard School kindergarten students have been using wrestlers like "Kane" to model expanded form math. News Sentinel

Jacobs has 'made a commitment'

WWE superstars John Cena and Daniel Bryan are reportedly refusing to work the event. However, Jacobs is set on participating in his match with The Undertaker against D-Generation X.

"Mayor Jacobs is still going to the Crown Jewel event because he made a commitment to not only the WWE, but the Knoxville Public Safety Foundation and the first responders of Knoxville and Knox County," said the mayor's spokesperson Rob Link.

The foundation supports first responders and their families after they suffer injury, illness, death or another life-changing event.

"We're happy to support this charity of behalf of Mayor Jacobs," WWE CEO Vince McMahon said in a press release. “Much like his unparalleled contributions to advancing the WWE brand during his stellar career of more than 20 years, Mayor Jacobs has begun work to improve Knox County."

The donation was made in appreciation for appearances by Jacobs as Kane during the fall.

Google Earth image of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, where Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs wrestled in his "Kane" persona on Saturday, Oct, 6, 2018. Some 70,000 were at the WWE Super Show-Down. The stadium is the 10th-largest stadium in the world, seating over 100,000. Google Earth

Kane's storyline at Crown Jewel

Kane and The Undertaker are fictional brothers in the WWE known as the Brothers of Destruction, while Triple H and Shawn Michaels are members of the prank-pulling tag team D-Generation X.

The Australia match was billed as the last encounter between The Undertaker and Triple H, who was victorious.

All four superstars shared the ring following the match in what appeared to be a moment of respect. However, Kane and The Undertaker turned on D-Generation X, setting up the first-ever meeting between the tag teams at "Crown Jewel."

Over the past few weeks, both tag teams have made appearances on Monday night's "Raw" episodes.

Although the two tag teams have never faced off, the superstars have a ton of overlapping history during their respective wrestling careers.

Kane made his WWF debut during the 1997 "Badd Blood" pay-per-view by interfering in the first Hell in a Cell match, which was between The Undertaker and Michaels.

The debut kicked off a decades-long storyline between Kane and The Undertaker, who have fought alongside and against each other numerous times.

Kane went on to win 18 WWE titles and one Money in the Bank match following his debut, while The Undertaker continued his dominance at WrestleMania before his 21-march winning streak was broken in 2014.